Liga Femenina Round 3 (Regular Season): UDJ hands first loss to Santa Maria

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The most crucial game of the last round was a loss of Santa Maria (3-1) in Quininde on Saturday night. Visitors were defeated by UDJ (4-0) 73-59. UDJ forced 19 Santa Maria turnovers and had a 37-26 advantage in offensive rebounds. It was a good game for guard Monica Lopez (-2001) who led her team to a victory with a double-double by scoring 16 points and 11 rebounds. Guard Luciana Garrido contributed with 12 points and 10 rebounds for the winners. International Ana Mora (169-1999) answered with 11 points and 6 rebounds for Santa Maria.
Important game to mention about took place in . Ambato S. (1-3) saved a 1-point victory at home edging ATUC (0-4) 65-64 in the game for the third place. It was a great evening for the former international Noelia Moran (180-2002) who led her team to a victory with a double-double by scoring 19 points and 15 rebounds. Doris Lasso helped adding 13 points and 8 rebounds. The best for the losing side was the former international Maria Carpio (178-1993) with 15 points and 8 rebounds. ATUC's coach rotated ten players in this game, but that didn't help.
An interesting game for Santa Maria (3-1) which played road game in against Ambato S. (1-3). Santa Maria managed to get a 6-point victory 80-74. It was an exceptional evening for Viviana Zurita who led the winners with a double-double by scoring 24 points and 14 rebounds. Santa Maria's coach used a ten-player rotation which allowed the starters a little rest for the next games. Doris Lasso came up with 18 points, 7 assists and 5 steals for Ambato S. in the defeat.

In the last game of round 3 winless ATUC lost to undefeated UDJ on the road 59-81.

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Ambato S. - ATUC 65-64

Important game to mention about took place in . Ambato S. (1-3) saved a 1-point victory at home edging ATUC (0-4) 65-64 in the game for the third place. It was a great evening for the former international Noelia Moran (180-2002) who led her team to a victory with a double-double by scoring 19 points and 15 rebounds. The former international guard Doris Lasso (164-1993) helped adding 13 points and 8 rebounds. The best for the losing side was the former international Maria Carpio (178-1993) with 15 points and 8 rebounds and guard Sthefany Narvaez (168-2001) produced a double-double by scoring 11 points and 11 rebounds. ATUC's coach rotated ten players in this game, but that didn't help.
Top scorers:
Ambato S.: N.Moran 19+15reb+2ast, D.Lasso 13+8reb+2ast, A.Mendez 12+8reb+1ast, A.Chicomin 8+3reb+1ast, C.Ocana 6+3reb, F.Mera 5+2reb+1ast
ATUC: M.Carpio 15+8reb, M.Ullauri 12+6reb+1ast, S.Narvaez 11+11reb, D.Segarra 9+3reb, P.Andrade 5+1reb, M.Guillen 5+3reb+2ast

UDJ - Santa Maria 73-59

The most crucial game of the last round was a loss of Santa Maria (3-1) in Quininde on Saturday night. Visitors were defeated by UDJ (4-0) 73-59. UDJ forced 19 Santa Maria turnovers and had a 37-26 advantage in offensive rebounds. It was a good game for guard Monica Lopez (-2001) who led her team to a victory with a double-double by scoring 16 points and 11 rebounds. Guard Luciana Garrido contributed with a double-double by scoring 12 points and 10 rebounds for the winners. International Ana Mora (169-1999) answered with 11 points and 6 rebounds and Mara Del Rosario (-2009) added 15 points in the effort for Santa Maria.
Top scorers:
UDJ: D.Criollo 16+3reb+1ast, M.Lopez 16+11reb+2ast, L.Garrido 12+10reb, A.Macias 9+3reb+3ast, M.Cardenas 8+9reb, A.Lopez 4+2reb+2ast
Santa Maria: M.Del Rosario 15+1reb, A.Mora 11+6reb+3ast, K.Cantillo 8+6reb+1ast, H.Guayaquil 7+3reb+3ast, R.Moran 6+7reb, A.Moran 5+5reb+3ast

Ambato S. - Santa Maria 74-80

An interesting game for Santa Maria (3-1) which played road game in against Ambato S. (1-3). Santa Maria managed to get a 6-point victory 80-74. Santa Maria forced 21 Ambato S. turnovers. It was an exceptional evening for the former international forward Viviana Zurita (-1996) who led the winners with a double-double by scoring 24 points and 14 rebounds. International guard Heidy Guayaquil (157-1999) accounted for 12 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists and 7 steals for the winning side. Santa Maria's coach used a ten-player rotation which allowed the starters a little rest for the next games. The former international guard Doris Lasso (164-1993) came up with 18 points, 7 assists and 5 steals and the former international Noelia Moran (180-2002) added 10 points, 12 rebounds and 4 assists respectively for Ambato S. in the defeat. Both teams had four players each who scored in double figures.
Top scorers:
Santa Maria: V.Zurita 24+14reb+2ast, A.Mora 12+5reb+1ast, H.Guayaquil 12+5reb+5ast, K.Feijoo 10+5reb+1ast, R.Moran 9+4reb, K.Cantillo 5+5reb+1ast
Ambato S.: D.Lasso 18+4reb+7ast, A.Chicomin 18+4reb+2ast, A.Mendez 12+11reb+2ast, N.Moran 10+12reb+4ast, L.Mosquera 9+6reb, M.Pozo 4+2reb

UDJ - ATUC 81-59

No shocking result in a game when UDJ (4-0) crushed ATUC (0-4) in Quininde 81-59 on Sunday. UDJ outrebounded ATUC 48-37 including 36 on the defensive glass. It was an exceptional evening for guard Luciana Garrido who led the winners with a double-double by scoring 22 points and 13 rebounds. Canadian guard Arianna Macias (175-1997, college: St.Mary's) accounted for 21 points and 11 rebounds for the winning side. Guard Johely Loja (160-2002) came up with 23 points and 9 rebounds and Marcia Ullauri (-2005) added 8 points and 6 rebounds respectively for ATUC in the defeat. The winner was already known earlier in the game, so both coaches allowed to play the bench players saving starting five for next games.
Top scorers:
UDJ: L.Garrido 22+13reb+1ast, A.Macias 21+11reb+1ast, J.Lopez 18+10reb+3ast, D.Criollo 8+3ast, D.Guayasamin 5+2reb, S.Cueva 3
ATUC: J.Loja 23+9reb+1ast, M.Ullauri 8+6reb+1ast, S.Narvaez 8+3reb+1ast, D.Segarra 8+3reb+2ast, C.Sanmartin 6+6reb, M.Guillen 5+4reb